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Is There a Glass Ceiling in Sweden?

James Albrecht¹; Anders Björklund^2,3; Susan Vroman¹

¹ Georgetown University · ² Stockholm University · ³ Swedish Institute

Using 1998 data, we show that the gender log wage gap in Sweden increases throughout the wage distribution and accelerates in the upper tail. We interpret this as a strong glass ceiling effect. We use quantile regression decompositions to examine whether this pattern can be ascribed primarily to gender differences in labor market characteristics or in the rewards to those characteristics. Even after extensive controls for gender differences in age, education (both level and field), sector, industry, and occupation, we find that the glass ceiling effect we see in the raw data persists to a considerable extent.

DOI

10.1086/344126

Volume

21 (1)

Pages

145-177

Language

en

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